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Re:Fantasy must shake off the tyranny of the mega-novel by thelsdj on Friday May 22, 2015 @03:09PM (#9590342)
This is needed if only so I don't have to get sucked into a great first book like Wizard's First Rule to then have to deal with 100 page lectures on Objectivism if I want to find out what happens to the characters later in the series.
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Re:Fantasy must shake off the tyranny of the mega-novel by ars on Friday May 22, 2015 @05:44PM (#9591023)
Very much yes! That series was a disaster. It's not even internally consistent from the first book to the last.

The author completely changed his characters to make them fit into his new lectures.

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